2017 Summer Music Preview
It's Memorial Day weekend, which means it's time for the music to head outdoors into the parks, piers and schoolyards throughout the five boroughs (and beyond). As is our catholic, omnivorous nature here […]
Antonia Bennett at the Cafe Carlyle
If the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, then Antonia Bennett should be able to lay claim to some of the ripest fruit in jazz vocals. The daughter of legendary singer Tony
NY Philharmonic’s CONTACT! at National Sawdust
As Alan Gilbert winds down his eight-year tenure as the NY Philharmonic's music director over the next few weeks (Damn, where does the time go?), the Phil is marking the occasion with a series of concerts
New York Philharmonic Has Breakfast at Tiffany’s
by Nick Stubblefield The moment the heavy string vibrato and lush jazz harmonies of "Moon River" hit my eardrums at the New York Philharmonic's live play-a-long to Breakfast at Tiffany's Thursday night
New York Philharmonic Dazzles with Schoenberg and Beethoven
by Nick Stubblefield Last weekend, I was privileged to hear Alan Gilbert lead the fine musicians of the New York Philharmonic in a pair of Viennese choral works that, while radically different, shared
Ticket Giveaway: Emerson String Quartet with Marc-Andre Hamelin this Sunday at Carnegie Hall
Photo by: Lisa Marie Mazzucco It's been a little bit since we did a ticket giveaway, so I'm excited that we have THREE PAIRS of tickets to see the world-renowned Emerson
MATA’s Young Composers Now! Festival at The Kitchen
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The MATA Young Composers Now! festival, ending a week-long run at The Kitchen tonight, turns 20 years old next year. Over that span
Jazz Preview: Kevin Eubanks at Birdland/ Vijay Iyer and Friends at The Greene Space
Photo Credit: WEMU Kevin Eubanks might be best remembered for the 15 years he spent as the bandleader on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but his career as one of
Opera Cabal Performs Ken Ueno’s AEOLUS at National Sawdust
There is a change happening in opera. Once the province of coloratura sopranos and heldentenors belting at the top of their lungs, opera is beginning to embrace all sorts of singing and instrumentation,